Hours

- B.P. is spiking.

- Oh, God, I'm in pain!

- When did it start?

- Last night.

Is your wife due soon?

- Not for another 5 weeks.

- I'm fine,

- I'm getting better. I'm getting better.

- What's the B.P.?

Still high.

We can fix it, don't worry.

Nolan... Nolan...

What?

Tell me something, please.

Tell me anything.

You're gonna be okay.

Alright?

I want you to lay back down.

- Okay.

- Lay back down and breathe.

Just breathe.

Wait here.

Oh, my baby!

...do think a strong category 4 or a 5...

so certainly devastating...

deaths which occurred at the cone,

which you'll see in a moment.

The cone will cross

right through New Orleans,

but as of 5 am Central time

just, look at this storm.

I mean, meteorologically speaking it

really is a perfect hurricane

with high cloud tops high and visible.

Oh, my God.

Everyone move to the lobby upstairs!

O.R. lobby! O.R. lobby!

Take the stairs! Second floor.

Let's go. Let's go!

Sir? I need you to go upstairs.

The Doctor told me to wait here.

I understand, but the doctors will know

where to find you. Okay?

Just before dawn Katrina heads

north west straight for the coast.

Down a hair from its 175 miles

per hour peak,

and New Orleans buckles in

for a bumpy ride...

Manuel Diego!

Is there a Manuel Diego here?

Mister Hayes?

Walk with me.

So, how is she?

It is a she. Did you know that?

What? Know what?

You have a baby girl.

A girl?

Let me show you

where we're keeping her

but do know that we'll need to monitor her

for the next few days.

The NICU is, is overcrowded

so I've got her in a private room.

Okay. So, how's Abigail doing?

We transfused all that we had.

I want you to know that.

Doctor Mendolson

and I we did all we could, but...

her liver had given up.

She bled out.

I'm sorry.

Okay. Okay, so...?

Mister Hayes.

I'm really sorry.

She expired at seven this morning.

Not Abby.

No.

- I'm sorry.

- Not my Abby. She's fine. Tell me she's fine.

Tell me she's fine.

I swear to God you better tell me

she's fine right now.

Just tell me she's okay. Let's just,

let's go see her. She's okay, right?

Mister Hayes, let...

Don't touch me, though.

I want you to tell me.

Just tell me she's okay.

- I'm sorry, Mister Hayes.

- No, not sorry. I don't want sorry. I want...

Mister Haynes,

let me take you to see your daughter.

Yeah.

Here at the end.

There she is.

What is this?

This is a ventilator.

Your daughter hasn't yet learned

how to breathe on her own, so...

this is giving her a little help.

Now we got an I.V. drip

to feed her nutrients and...

she'll be big and healthy

before you know.

You have any questions?

How's Abigail?

- I'm gonna give you something, It'll help you.

- No. Listen to me.

I'm okay.

It was just a stupid question.

It's okay. It's alright.

I'm gonna have a nurse check on you.

How long will this baby

need the machine?

Your daughter?

The best guess is... 48 hours.

But it's still too early to tell.

You'll know you're out of danger is

when she starts crying.

The first time she does

it's always a good sound.

- I'll be back.

- Alright. And, Doctor Edmonds...

with this storm are you gonna be

moving people out?

It's a hurricane.

Look, people are gonna tell you it's better

at Charity, or Lindy Boggs.

It won't be. Stay with your daughter,

Mister Hayes. Okay?

I don't know you.

I'm panicky. It's just going bad for me. I

see a gun and I see this guy going for it,

so I start wrestling with him

the best that I can.

Mind you? This is all happening

in the middle of the day,

right outside of the bank,

in the parking lot. Sorry.

- That's when I rob all my banks.

- Hush.

So the driver gets out of the car

and he comes running over.

Meanwhile I'm playing keep-away

with the guy for the gun,

- but the driver doesn't go for the gun.

- He goes for the money.

The duffel bag.

So he grabs the duffel bag,

the driver, and he runs back to the car.

- Mean while Mr. pantyhose face is screaming...

- He was, like, "Larry! Larry don't you dare!"

Yeah. So, Larry, the getaway driver,

hightails it out of there.

He's peeling out, he's just about to the street

when this little car comes out of nowhere...

- My car is not that little.

- It's a little car.

It got the job done, didn't it?

- You wanna tell the story or should I finish?

- Anyway, I get out, I run over,

and I mace him

as he's getting out of his car.

Yeah, it was hairspray.

- There's no mace about it. That was hairspray.

- I blinded him and he couldn't run.

I did my job. And the police got there

shortly afterwards and...

- we saved the day... Yeah.

- Yeah.

- That's how we met.

- Yeah.

Oh my god you two.

- You're like an old married couple.

- I worry about your kids.

- Oh, we're not having kids.

- No, we're not married.

Abby.

I don't want the baby now.

I want you back.

I want you.

Please...

Sir?

You can't be back here.

She's my wife.

She's my wife

I'm sorry.

But this area is off limits.

Well, she shouldn't be

on the floor like this.

We're running short on staff today,

there's a backlog.

Well, whatever, let's get a body bag or

something, we'll put her in a body bag...

There really isn't anywhere else

for her to go.

It will only take a minute. Let's just

get her on some higher ground please.

Come on, get her feet.

Okay.

Thank you.

I mean that.

It's okay.

I'm sorry for your loss.

How did she die?

Giving birth to our daughter.

Well, at least you have a child.

That's good news.

Thousands of others sound sleep

when the noise started.

It was Katrina hammering away

at the roof, trying to get in.

You have one saved message.

Hey love. I know I said I was okay

but my heart is racing and, okay,

so, should we chance that out to the hospital,

or do we try to get out of town, because I,

I don't know if it's just nerves

or something serious.

You decide. I trust you.

To replay this message, press...

Hey love. I know I said I was okay

but my heart is racing and, okay,

so, should we chance that out to the hospital,

or do we try to get out of town, because I,

I don't know if this is just nerves

or something ser...

- Mister Hayes?

- Uh, yeah.

Hi. I'm Shelly.

Hi. Nolan.

This is my turf, so if you need anything,

you let me know.

- Okay.

- Okay? And I've got something for you.

It's your daughter's birth certificate.

You have a name for her?

No. We talked about it.

I liked Haley.

But my wife liked anything but Haley.

Yeah.

Well, Katrina seems to be

a popular name right now.

You know,

ah... Abby's favorite place...

my wife, she...

she really liked this tree,

it was in a park by our house...

a few years ago,

it was struck by lightning.

We'd have picnics there.

She always said it was a safe haven.

Because of that old saying that...

- lightning never strikes twice in the same place...

- Yeah. Right.

Do you think that's real?

About lightning?

Well, yeah, I suppose so.

Well, maybe is not just lightening.

- What happens if the power goes out?

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